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Corkscrews Up! Time to Open That Bottle

For the 10th Open That Bottle Night, Feb. 28, get ready to share a special wine with friends and loved ones

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Dorothy J. Gaiter and

John Brecher

Updated Jan. 31, 2009 11:59 p.m. ET

For Christmas 2007, Charles DeBrunner of Harrisburg, Pa., gave his wife, Gloria, a bottle of 2001 Penfolds Grange, our highest-rated wine of 2007. She suggested they share this expensive Australian red on Open That Bottle Night in late February. The plan was in place. Then a well-meaning friend told Mr. DeBrunner that the wine shouldn't be drunk for another 10 years. Oh, no! It's the dreaded "the wine will be better in a decade" block. "I don't know much about wine," Mr. DeBrunner told us, and he asked us what...

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